Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister

11/10/2019

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize today. This was mostly because of his success in reaching a peace agreement with Eritrea in his first 6 months of office. But he has also called for democratic elections in May, released political prisoners and welcomed home exiles. The result? Few are happy. The change is too fast for the old guard. Not fast enough for the youth whose protests brought him to power. I agree with Amnesty International, and hope this award will push him and the country to address human rights issues and ethnic tensions that threaten stability. Click on the allAfrica button for more information.

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